User Guide

Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes
To create a custom arrowhead:
1. In the Attributes palette, select Custom from the Type menu.
2. Select the Arrow settings you want to use.
3. Click the Add Preset button to add the custom arrow to the Presets palette.
Custom arrow options
Type Select Custom from the menu.
Flip Click the buttons to flip the arrow horizontally and vertically.
Create Click the Create button and the object appears in the edit box.
Edit box Modify the arrowhead in this box. Drag the handles to resize the
arrowhead. A horizontal line indicates the horizontal axis of the path's
endpoint. A vertical line indicates the vertical axis of the path's endpoint.
Mimic Pen Size: Applies the pen width to the arrow.
Color: Applies the pen ink to the arrow.
Place on Segments Select this check box to add arrows to each segment of an object.
Arrow controls Use these controls to select a right arrow, left arrow, or double-sided
arrow. Click in the center for the double-sided option.
Customizing dashes
Dashes are composed of alternating solid and blank segments. Using the Dash manager, you can
customize the length of up to 13 segments to create new, complex dash sequences.
Dash stroke
You can design dashes interactively using the edit window. To precisely set the length of each dash
segment, you can also specify an exact length. The ruler in the Dash manager displays inches;
however, you can enter dash lengths in any unit of measurement available.
Dashes in the Presets palette always appear as 1-point wide, black and white segments. However,
when you apply these dashes to an object’s pen, the black segments adopt the color and size of the
pen, and the white segments become transparent.
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